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12-06-2003, 08:47 PM
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Win 3.1 software (Rockford! Windows Business Card Designer) on WinXP Pro
Anyone know if it is safe to use old Win 3.1 based software on WinXP Pro O/S? I have some old Win 3.1 programs on hard floppies I want to try out but I don't want to crash my Win XP Pro PC.
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12-06-2003, 10:13 PM
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I don't think anyone can honestly answer that without trying it.
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12-06-2003, 10:31 PM
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Intuitively you're correct, of course. I just hate to "rock the boat" and add frustration to my day. I guess I just need to bite the bullet, eh?
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12-06-2003, 11:08 PM
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my gut feeling is that it won't run
you will not hurt xp by trying it as you can always do a restore point to the before you try it. |
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12-07-2003, 02:15 PM
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I know how to create a restore point but what if the system doesn't even boot up? (That happened when I tried to "clean up" with Evidence-eliminator not realizing that my version from WinMe wouldn't work with XP Pro.)
Guess I need to make a boot disk too? Ray |
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12-07-2003, 02:50 PM
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I have several old win 3.1 programs that my wife uses for making labels that work fine. You should probably install them in combatibility mode for win 95.
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12-07-2003, 03:50 PM
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Thanks, I'll try it.
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12-08-2003, 09:59 PM
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I've had all my addresses in Card File for over 10 years from Win 3.11. Whenever I get a new computer or OS, I just copy the old cardfile.exe file I copied from Win 3.11 in 1994 to the Windows directory on the new system. I've never had to mess with the compatability either.
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